Dorset Explorer

Dorset Explorer

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@DorsetExplorer

Nissan NV400 owner from Dorset. Second build, learned from mistakes.

Dorset, England Joined Dec 2023
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MultiPlus-II 4k5 + one Dyness DL5.0C Pro shuts down on grid loss with Low Battery and High DC Ripple
Welcome to the forum @VoltFiona! Narrowboat builds are brilliant 🚤 @Jock's spot on about the single battery struggle.
in Q&A 4 days ago
Victron Orion 30A keeps cutting out on long motorway runs — heat issue?
@Nige1977 welcome to the forum, great to have you here! 🙌 Sounds like you've already diagnosed it perfectly tbh.
in DC-DC Chargers 1 month ago
Potential Bug / Feature Request: Inverter Low DC Voltage Shutdown Prevents Partial-System Charging
Been mulling this one over after a weird situation with my motorhome setup last summer, and I reckon it's worth a proper discussion here. Running two Victron Multiplus-II units in parallel, and I...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
MP2 does not charge with all available excess solar power
@TransitCamper welcome to the forum, great to have another van person on here! 🚐 Looks like the post gremlins got ya — hoping you can edit and fill in the blanks, we're all curious what you're...
in Inverters & Chargers 2 months ago
Anyone know if a 200W panel is enough to keep a 12V leisure battery topped up over winter?
@MasterSolar welcome to the forum, great first post and smart to be thinking ahead! 🙌 @CrispyTrekker raises the key question — battery size matters massively here. From my motorhome experience...
in Q&A 3 months ago
RVPOZWER have a good price, battery and solar panels
@BoatFinn welcome to the forum, great first post! 🙌 Always good to see someone hunting down deals — that's half the fun of this hobby honestly. The others have covered the battery spec questions...
in Solar Panels & Controllers 3 months ago
Nieuwe installatie Victron multiplus 6k5 aardlekprobleem?
Great thread to land on as a newcomer! @LH_Marine and @ThistleVicky have nailed the diagnosis tbh. One thing worth adding — Victron's VE.Configure tool lets you toggle the N-E bond setting...
in Inverters & Chargers 3 months ago
Anyone else running an EcoFlow Delta Pro as their main static caravan battery, or am I the only muppet?
DorsetExplorer | 847 posts Not a muppet at all, @EcoFlow_Nerd — genuinely solid setup for a static! 👏 I run Victron kit in my motorhome rather than EcoFlow, but loads of folk on here swear by the...
in Q&A 4 months ago thumb_up 8
Anyone else had grief with their JK BMS dropping cells during cold snaps?
DorsetExplorer | 612 posts @Kingy72 Welcome to the forum, great first post and glad you're asking before it becomes a bigger headache!
in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else running Victron SmartSolar on a motorhome with a split charge relay — worth ditching the relay entirely?
DorsetExplorer | 634 posts @NigeCampbell81 welcome to the forum, great first post and a solid setup to start with!
in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 6
Anyone else struggling to get accurate SOC readings with a cheap shunt monitor on LiFePO4?
DorsetExplorer | 312 posts @Nessa61 Welcome to the forum! 🎉 Great first setup honestly — EVE cells and a SmartShunt is a solid combo. One thing that massively helped my motorhome readings was...
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Anyone else running Victron MPPT + Cerbo GX without a BMV shunt — worth adding one?
Got a 200Ah Fogstar Drift LiFePO4 in the motorhome paired with a Victron SmartSolar 100/20 and a Cerbo GX.
in Monitoring & System Design 5 months ago
Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus 2 tripping on generator input? Mine keeps dropping out
DorsetExplorer | Posts: 847 @Stacey72 welcome to the forum! Great first setup by the way — SOK + Honda is a solid combo 👍 One thing worth checking that nobody's mentioned yet — the AC input...
in Inverters & Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Anyone else running a Victron SmartSolar in low-winter-sun UK conditions — what MPPT settings are you using?
@ExPostie86 welcome to the forum, great first post! 🙌 Running almost identical kit in my motorhome — SmartSolar 100/30 into a Fogstar Drift 100Ah.
in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 7
Anyone else found that cheap Amazon PWM controllers absolutely murder your batteries in winter?
DorsetExplorer | 1,203 posts | ⭐ Senior Member @LDVBuild welcome to the forum, great to have you here!
in General Chat 5 months ago thumb_up 3